Window-sash.



A. H. NEWPHER wmnow SASH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1910.

Patented July 2, 1912.

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A. H. NEWPHER.

WINDOW SKSH.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR.25, 1910. 1,031,364. Patented July 2,1912.

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'UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE- V ALFRED H. NEWPHER, OF CHICAGG, ILLINQIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE ADAMS & WESTLAKE metal construction.

,To all "whom it may concern i .taining window panes within sash, and is The bar 18 has a central longitudinal rib 21,

COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

'WINDOW-SASH.

Specification of Lctters latent. Patented July 2, 1912, Application filed March 25, 1910. Serial No. 551,448.

Be it known that I, ALFRED H. N'ewrnnn, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in lVindowSash, -of which the following is a specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to means for 1e are adapted to bear upon the flat face of the glass, As shown, and preferably, the lips or hinges take the form of glass-retaining plates 2.6, 27. applied. to the flat marginal portions of the plate 24, and are forced into contact with "the glass by means of screws, as 29, as many deemed advisable, these through the plates 26, 27 and the and entering the ribs 22, 23.

The plates 26, 2? are bent inwardly toward the glass from the edges of the plate 24, preferably oblique to the plane thereof, their'inncr edges being folded backwardly parallel with the face of the glass, to provide a broad bearing surface which is pressed against the glass, and, as shown, against a cushioning binder, such as strips of rubber, shown at 30, folded about the edges of the pane.

The width of the plate 24 is preferably such that when the plates 26,27 are removed, the glass may be set into the sash frontscrews being set plate 24,

especially adapted for use in windows whose sash are sub-divided by a mullion.

The objects of the invention are to provide a secure glass-retaining mechanism whichishall be cheap of construction and simple and easy of application.

he invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a window embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan sectioiir on the line 2'2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar section, the glass-retaining elements not being set up Fig. 4 is a similar plan section showing the invention as apwise. The retaining plate being now ap plied to a corner window; and Figs. 5 and plied and the screws 28, 29 set up, the plate 6 are detail plan sectional-views of modi- 24 1S bowed still farther until the retaining fied forms of construction showing the glass-retaining elements as applied to the inner face of the sash.

The invention is especially applicable to There is shown in the drawings a window sash comprising the bottom rail 10, side rails 11, 12 and the top rail 13. This sash is sub-divided by means of a mullion 14, and is glazed with two lights of glass 15, 16. The window frame is of metal and the glass is secured to the rails 10, 11, 12 and 13 by any suitable retaining strips, plates or other devices, as conven tionally shown at 17.

.The mullion, generally designated by the numeral 14, comprises a. bar 18, preferably of cast metal, the ends of which enter and are secured Within the frame members, as indicated at 19, 20, any suitable securing means being employed to fix it in place.

plates are pressed firmly against the glass.

setting in a new pane, it is necessary only to loosen the screws 28, 29 somewhat, where- .upon the retaining plates are carried back by the inherent elasticity of the plate 24, as shown in Fig. 3. The glass retainers 17 being removed, the inner edge of the glass maybe inserted under the retainer 26, or 27, and thelight then be swung into place. The screws 25 securely anchor the plate 24 and permit the removal of one of the lights of glass without loosening the retaining means for holding the other light in place.

\Vhen the invention is applied to the corher window, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the bar of which the mullion is made is angular in form, as shown at 31, 32, this angle conforming to the angle of the corner of the building. It is here shown as a right angle. The central longitudinal rib 33 projects inwardly from the angle of the bar and its outer face is rounded and is preferably somewhat wider than the inner portions of th rib need to be. Ribs 34, 35, correspond i -,i 'a ith ribs 22, 23, extend outwardly from th outer face of each of the wings 31, 32 of'the angle bar. The bowed plate 36 fitted flanked by a pair of longitudinal ribs 22, 23, preferably of less height. A bowed plate 24, of sheet metal (shown in Figs. 2 and 3 as transversely bowed), having some degree of elasticity, is secured to the rib 21 by means of screws 25, and project over the IlbS 22, 23, its margins being fiat. lnstanding lips or flanges carried by the plate 24,

being used as may be For the purpose of removing the glass 01' upon the outer face of the rib 33 and overlapping the ribs 34, 35 is, of course, given a more decided curvature than is necessary in the case of the plate 24. In other respects the attaching means are the same as in Figs. 2 and 3, and further description becomes unnecessary.

In Figs. 5 and 6 the invention is shown with the glass-retaining elements applied to the inner'instead of the outer face of the sash, as in Figs. 1 to 4. In Fig. 5 the invention is shown as applied to a flat window, the two lights of glass lying in the same plane. The mullion bar is upon the outside of the window. It is shown as having a central longitudinal rib 38, and outer but lower longitudinal ribs 39, 40. The lower ribs, as in the .case of the ribs 22, 23, serve as seats for the edges of the lights of glass 41, 42. A spring metal plate 43 is attached to the rib 38 by means of screws 44. Glassretaining plates 45. 46 are secured to the margins and are held thereto by screws 47, 48, which enter the ribs 39, 40 by means of which the margins of the plate 43 may be drawn down to force the retaining plates 45, 46 against the glass. The plate 43 is shown as being flatwhen thc glass is thus secured, and of course when the screws 47, 48 are turned back it will bow outward slightly. The retaining plates 45, 46 are shown as having their inner ends continued beyond the edge of the glass, and as being turned outwardly to bear against the inner face of the plate 43, as shown at 49.

In the construction in Fig. 6 a corner window is shown. The mullion bar 50 is on the outer side of the window and has an instanding rib 51 within its angle. The crest of this rib is preferably flat, as shown at 52, and is at an angle of 45 to the plane of the light of glass 53, 54, the window being shown as located at a square corner. The spring plate 55 applied to the face of the rib 51 and secured thereto by means of screws -56, has its central portion flattened to adapt it to the flattened crest of the rib. its marginal portions 57, 58 being parallel to the plane of the glass when the latter are clamped in place. Clamping plates 59, 60, of the same form as the plates 45, 46, of

Fig. 3, are secured to the marginal portions of the plate 55 by means of screws, as 61,62, which enter the bar 50, or, as shown, ribs 63, 64, thereof, and bind the retaining plates to the glass.

As in forms of construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4, the forms illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 provide for the insertion and removal of each light of glass independently of the other. The extension 49 of the glassretaining plates may be applied in any of the forms of construction and serves the purpose of securely holding the retaining plate to the central plate which carries it.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a window sash in combination, a suitable outer frame, a mullion having its ends fixed to opposite rails of the frame'and having seats for lights of glass at its margins, a spring plate secured to the mullion, its margins outstanding over the glass seats and being provided with instanding flanges for engaging the side face of the glass, and screws setting through the marginal portions of the spring plate and engaging threaded apertures in the mullion.

2. In a window sash, a suitable outer frame and a mullion having its ends fixed to oppositerails of the frame and having a central longitudinal rib, a bowed elastic plate applied to the outer face of therib,

margins of the bowed plate, and screws securing the retaining plates to the bowed plate and adapted to compress the retaining plates upon the glass.

3. In a window sash, a suitable outer frame and a mullion having its ends fixed to opposite rails of the frame and having a central longitudinal rib, and, ribs adjacent its margins of less height than the central rib, a bowed elastic plate applied to the outer face of the central rib,'glass-retaining plates projecting from the margins of the bowed plate, and screws securing the retaining plates to the bowed plate and entering the marginal ribs.

' ALFRED H. NEWPHER.

Witnesses:

LOUIS K. GILLSON,

E. M. KLATCHER.

glass-retaining plates projecting from the. 

